Charter of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM official English charter, 2007)

THE PRINCIPLES
The Free Patriotic Movement declares its belief that the individual is a value in himself, that people are born and die equal and that they live with rights, freedom and dignity, and they have the right to have different opinions, orientations and beliefs. Its commitment to the World Declaration of Human Rights. Its contention that Lebanon is a sovereign and independent entity based on a social contract approved by the free will of its people. Its affirmation that Lebanon is a special human experience, thanks to its pluralism and its pioneering democratic experience in the Arab world. Its adherence to Lebanon's openness to its Arab surroundings and the world, in a manner that does not contradict the priority of national affiliation, provided that the Lebanese be a Lebanese extension abroad, not an external extension inside the country. Its conviction that women and men are equal in rights and obligations.
THE GOALS
The Free Patriotic Movement aspires to: ensuring the sovereignty and independence of the Lebanese state; building a state of righteousness based on equality, justice, social solidarity and equal opportunities; establishing democracy as a system of governance and a way of life that guarantee respect for the citizen's basic liberties; educating citizens in order to achieve equality between the Lebanese, and the establishment of an optional civil code for personal status, and the separation of political practice from religion, in pursuit of a secular state; eliminating legal and social differences between men and women; enabling the Lebanese expatriates to exercise their political rights; adhering to the free economic system and individual initiative, within the limits of ensuring human dignity and the principles of social justice; strengthening institutional work, based on competency and accountability; preserving a healthy environment.